Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-18
WASHINGTON.
A Call for S1O,OOO,00O Worth Of the
Three per Cent. Bonds To Be
Made in Few Days.
Statistics Showing the Commerce of the
Mississippi and Ohio Eivers
To BE Compiled.
A SCARCITY OF THREE PER CENTS.

SCARCITY OF THREE PER CENTS.
WASHINGTON, March lit is expect
ed that call for SIC. 100000 per cent.
bonds will be made In few days to ma
ture May l. The amount of these bonds
now subject to call is $29, 689, $50.
There is $5.56O,900 of past
due threes still outstanding. There is
also outstanding $9,O27,25O in bonds Of
the Hath call which will msture
April L. The total redemptions
under open calls to date amount
to So, III 800. According to the present
indications the entire 3 per cent. loan
will be extinguished during the present
year ending June 30. The surplus as stated
at the Treasury is now $2l, 100000.
WESTERN RIVER COMMERCE.
WASHINGTON, March II. - Colonel
Switzler, chief of the bureau Of statistics
of the Treasury Department, has decided
to gather, compile and publish statistics
showing the commerce of the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers and of the bridges which
cross them. In this work it is proposed
to give complete historal review Of the
volume and characteristics of their
influence upon the development
of the country through which
| they flow, the changes in their commerce
as result Of the great railway systems,
their influence in keeping down rates of
| fEeights on railroads, etc. 1t is the inten-
ton to bring this information as far as
practicable down to January l, 1887. To
collect, formulate and report this in
formation three experts have been ap,
pointed whose services will be paid
for out the Treasury. The
three experts apppointed are:
For the Ohio river and the bridges
which cross it between Pittsburg
and Cairo. Henry A. Dud-
ley, secretary OF the Board Of Trade
of Louisville; for the upper Mississippi
and the bridges which cross it,some fifteen
in number, between ST.. Paul and St. Louis,
Frank Johnson of Clinton, Iowa; and for
the lower Mississippi, between St. Louis
and the Gulf Of Mexico, George II. Nor
gan, secretary of the Merchants Ex-
change of St. Louis. 1t is ho0ed to have
the report completed and published by the
meeting of Congress in December next.
TO SUE THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, March I7.-Charles G.
LundOeTg, naval engineer, has begun
suit against the United States in the
Court of Claims for $4,000 which he
says is due him on account of certain
plans and specifications for q vessel of
5000 tons, furnished to the Navy Depart
ment in response to an advertisement
which Secretary Whitney caused to be
published on the 8th of May,
1885. Mr.. Lundberg sets forth in
hi petition that although his designs
and specifications were ruled out from
competition before the board of naval
officers, on account of their al
legged novelty and indirect violations
of the terms of the advertisement,
he has reason to believe thst suggestions
from said designs are being used in parts
of vessels now being con-
struCted under direction of the
Navy Department. He also asserts
that he has made an amicable demand for
the return Of the plans and for the pay
ment thereof, but without result.
TELEPHONE CASE.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Com
missioner of Patents to-day heard the
argument in the old telephone interfer-
ence case between j. NJ. McDonaugb,
Elisha Gray, T. A. Edison, and Alex
Graham Bell. The hearing will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
COMMISSIONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Presi-
dent to-day commissioned the following
D. Lynch Pringle, South Carolina, Consul
General of the United States at Corstanti-
nOple.
To be Consuls of the United States
William o. Patten Of North Carolina, at
Boha; Rule Letcher of Missouri, at
Assuncion; George c Tanner of South
Carolina, at PictOn, Nova Scotia.
OLEOMARGARINE.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, in reply
to an official inquiry from the Commits
sioner of Agriculture, states
that the quantity of artificial
butter manufactured and remo7ed
for consumption during the months of
November, December sand January
was: November, 100000 pounds;
December, $1,000 pounds; Janu-
airy, 2,5OO,0oO pounds; total, l0,079, O6l
pounds. Expectations - November, 80,
900 pounds; December, SO, 900 pounds;
January, $4,000 pounds; total, $4,000
pounds.